10400f as fast as 10900k

[ProStreet]

Watching this video, it seems the 10400f is as fast as the 10900k at 4k resolution.

https://youtu.be/63WU6sL_tgA

Why do people buy 10700k as the main choice for gaming? Surely 4k is pretty standard for gamers now, especially those that would spend £400 on a cpu.. like I did with the 9700k. Is it just completely unnecessary to buy a expensive processor for 4k gaming alone?

10400f can be picked up for £128.99 at OCUK. Be sure to grab a z490 to fully utilise 3200mhz ram speed though.

 

[ProStreet]

I done this as well.

I was looking a few months ago at benchmarks for my son building his first pc and even though he had a bigger budget it seemed pointless spending any more.

The 10400f was as fast as my 9700k but much cheaper.

He just got cheapest z490 and c14 3200 and 10400f only came to like £300.

Nice, I'm thinking of selling my 9700k and z390 and doing the same, will have change and 3 years more warranty. Should tide me over until ddr5 is mainstream.

 

[ProStreet]

"On par with the 3600" which is great and its currently cheaper than the 3600, its a win for the 10400F and you should buy it over the 3600, but lets not kid ourselves here the 10900K is still the better gaming CPU and that's to say nothing about the Ryzen 5800X or even 5600X.

Also, if you're gaming at 4K you're not buying a 10400F.

Look at the benchmarks? For 20 games, 10400f is about 1 FPS different or the same as the 10900k at 4k.

I think you've just made my point.. those who game at 4k think they need a 10900k.. you clearly don't.